Thanks for letting me see the coolest car. Your efforts are remarkable. And I am a mechanic of over 40 years!

As in life, timing is everything. This engine could have been quite a game changer if introduced just a few years earlier. Thanks for a peek at what might have been.

Jay Leno absolutely needs to do an episode on this!

Beautiful color. Nothing better than a C2 Corvette!!

Amazing video, never head of a W43.

Seen articles of this engine and a ohc version but not in a car . Someone in Lansing knew how to get stuff out of the warehouses . My friend was a 78 Cutlass with a 350 diesel and a 4 speed that he took to a show in Lansing . A old engineer came up to him and said I know this car and how did you get this out?

I'm just amazed. First of all, never heard about the experimental W-43. The restoration on this car is immaculate, and 5 years in the making. Then this engine. Damn. If the sticker is correct, this beauty makes 560 HP. Then the kicker, never been driven. This masterpiece is the GRAIL!

This us the coolest thing I've seen in a while! Being they were still in the throws of the musclecar wars, I don't get why this didn't make production. Could only be the stupid friggin bean counters!

I had a 1970 Dodge Dart Custom. My dad bought it for me my last month of high school, in 1980. I drove it for 9 years until it was totaled by some kids who hit me. :(. Still miss the car today.

A beautiful dream come true...😍😍😍😍

Million dollar build right there. Probably would sell at auction for a couple million

Wow James! Great work Lou.👍🏻

Beautiful! Thank you Steve for keeping this jewel for posterity!

What’s disturbing is how he was able to make vin tags build sheets even a one off intake manifold. Makes one wonder if all these so called one off Z28 Camaro,Hemi cuda , Shelby cobras etc etc are real.

It never made production but you have one. ?

So if you ordered the automatic + console, you got bucket seats automatically? why aren't the bucket seats listed on the window sticker?

If I remember correctly, it's a 4 valve cyl head, not really a hemi head per say.

What a Beautiful Automobile The 1959 Chrysler Corporation's DeSoto Adventurer was! it Definitely stands the test of time! I love that Awesome Chrome Dashboard with The Push Button Torque flite Automatic Transmission and The Advance Red Neon Speedometer! Chrysler was Always ahead of the other Foreign and Domestic AutoMakers throughout the world! They just never got the True Positive Attention or Accolades for their Advanced Design and Technology! But this Chrysler DeSoto is Definitely an Excellent Example of Chrysler Corporation's Attention to Quality and Detail and Craftsmanship! I love this 1959 DeSoto Adventurer it Manufactured the year I was Born! 1959 was a Great year For Gibson Les Paul's and Chrysler's DeSoto Adventurer!

All a Hemi consists of is hemisphericial shaped combustion chambers in the cylinder heads . With domed shape pistons . This design was used in aircraft engines in World War 2

Super cool, color combination is awful though

I didn't hear you say, is this the original w43 or is it a reproduction? Awesome car either way

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Anyone know how it performs?

Was the engine dyno'd. Love the Quadrajet. How about selling a top end kit with Rocket Racing 455 block?

Just a Masterpiece! Thank You sir. Oldsmobile should have produced this!

It's just a car he made, it's not even the real one.

560HP?

Don’t forget about Oldsmobiles Indy V8. The Aurora V8 96-01 3.5 to 4.0L 700hp NA at 10,700 RPM. Oldsmobile has had some amazing engines and engineers over the years.

If Olds would have brought this engine out in 65 or 66 it might have made it to production but unfortunately by 70 big engines were on the way out.

Cool .

Never knew, wow !

Wow, he created his own intake. Did I hear him correctly? He had to create a cylinder head. This is really really impressive. 102 olds hemi engines outstanding work.

I remember a yellow one in Westchester Pa.

Bout time someone put this together 😊 OLDSMOBILE

Even that structural post between the front & rear doors is a work of art. What a magnificent example of beauty & engineering. Everywhere you look is design greatness and splendour. Anerica at her finest. Mr Hope had superb taste.

Have a magazine with this engine in it. 🎉

She's perfect in all her ways.

All Oldsmobile vehicles should have a HEMI in it.

Thats the first yellow car I've ever liked. The Red Detail and stripes makes all the difference . I think yellow only looks good when offset by red or blue.

So then this is just a tribute car to the experimental W-43 and not the actual real one? But has one of the two real experimental engines he was able to get.

Beautiful

I say screw Ralph Nader, I want the fins.

What was so great years ago was the fact that there was a car for everyone, from large expensive to small inexpensive compact cars. A large Cadillac to a small Falcon with a 6 cylinder 3 speed manual transmission. Alas, gone forever. I dont even enjoy driving anymore, too many drivers that think they're driving Indy cars.

This would be like driving around a Van Gogh. A beautiful car. It looks good.

S FOR CUTLAS S

I've seen this car in Connecticut many times. First saw it back in 2002 in Vernon, CT. The owner has a great collection.

I saw the video of Lou’s 58 Eldorado and then one you did in his shop. Yikes!…he has some amazing cars. I found his web site and reached out so we’re connected.

he's got more money into this car than I will earn in this lifetime.

What is the compression and HP of the engine?

Excellent video!